Our Week in a Nutshell

I hosted playgroup at my house this past week.  My friend brought this pvc pipe creation that shoots water that her husband built and they are going to give it to us since they're moving! 

 It was so hot I bet all the mom's wanted to run through too.  Thank goodness everyone brought snacks to share.

Next, we dressed up like cows to get a free meal at Chick Fil A on the 12th.  Sooo worth it!

 Blake didn't like his costume sadly.  I still brought the pieces as proof that he did have a costume so he would still get a free meal.  They are so nice.

 Austin followed the cow around for a LOOOONG time! He wouldn't even come eat his food.  I'm sure the cow was happy when we left.  Austin wanted to get a cow after that.

Today we went to the Weatherford Peach Festival.  I'm a sucker for GOOD peaches! By far my favorite fruit.  We headed to the ice cream booth right when we got there.  Good thing because it was sooooo incredibly hot we were sweating after being outside for 2 minutes. 

 Nice...

 Blake loved the ice cream too.  You just can't say no to that face can you?

 Happy Face!

What a cool sign!

ARCHERY!

 The Bump Saturday morning (14 weeks)

 The Bump Sunday night (14 weeks) - now do you believe me that my stomach is huge already??!!! To mothers with 3 or more kids...is it normal to have a larger belly at 14 weeks than at 22 weeks with the last kid???!!! I'm starting to get nervous. Maybe I'm growing another 9 lbs-er or larger.

 Tyler got me a 4 hour session of archery from Groupon for my birthday.  Even though it was steaming hot outside - we decided to use it now rather than later.  I would be larger and it would be hotter.  At least we were in the trees.  They did have some indoor ranges as well but it was a lot more fun to be outside and go from animal to animal.

 We invited our friends, Bonnie and Spencer along to join the fun.  Bonnie has shot many times before! I never knew she was so good!

 I definitely could see myself getting in to this hobby.  I felt pretty cool! haha.

 Tyler shooting a long ways away.  We did spend some time looking for the arrows that missed.  If any were broken or lost it was $10 a pop!!!!! We got lucky and found two or three extras and broke one so we came out ahead.

 Bonnie shot the turkey right through the head! It was pretty awesome.

 Here's Spencer, trying to keep up with his wife. :)

 I didn't realize we were supposed to look tough for the picture.

It was a fun 5 hours to be away from the kids! Thank goodness we had an awesome babysitter!

Happy 4th of July!

 Tyler has been wanting to add more accessories to the treehouse for a while and the other night he got to work.  He drilled holes in this old wagon we picked up off the side of the road,(the wheels were broken) and tied some rope through them.  Now it works perfectly and swings really well.

 Austin and Blake can both sit in it but Austin wanted to get out and push Blake.  And that is fine with me!

 Tyler pulled out the ceiling fan in our bedroom that was 100's of years old (Ok, maybe 50) and took the pulley from it and hooked it up to the treehouse! Now Austin can pull his bucket up and down with no hassle.

 The boys were excited to be in our annual 4th of July parade at my friend's house.  We brought their bikes and decorated them for about a half hour and then got all the kids onto the street in front of her house and they went down and back.

 I told Blake to show me his crazy face.

 You can see some Turbo Fire coming out the back.  He's going really fast.

 Just about the start!

 Of course we had to get a picture of everyone before we let them loose.

 And we're off!

 We even had some confetti to throw at the kids as they went down the street. That was pretty fun.

This is Austin's best friend Makayla.  She is one tough girl. She's pulling her brother in the wagon and pedaled the entire way!

After that we did some furniture shopping, took a nap, the went to a BBQ and pool party at a friend's house that was DELICIOUS! Then after that we drove out to Granbury and parked near the lake and watched the fireworks with a few other families.  Tyler was a trooper and had to go to work today. I'm beat!

Secrets Out

We're having a baby!  This is how big my stomach was at 11 weeks! Yikes. I guess that's just what a 3rd kid belly will do to you.  Now I'm 13 weeks and slightly bigger.  We keep joking there must be twins in there.  Either that or my Big Blake (9lbs 1 oz) Baby sure made a lot of room in my tummy for the next one.  Either way this pregnancy and belly have been different than with my boys so maybe it's a girl???!!! Who knows! I'll take it either way.

Fire Station Tour

 We saw a lot of different parts of the Fire Station...such as the kitchen area, living area, sleeping area and so on...but of course the trucks were the best part for these boys!

 Blake kept saying, "I want to drive!"

 

They said each truck costs $1,000,000.00.  They get to design every little piece of the truck down to the nitty gritty stuff! Wouldn't that be fun?

 The firemen guiding us around were so patient and so kind with a bunch of 3 year olds and under.  They got a good workout lifting everyone in and out of the truck.

It was pretty hot out in the garage for so long so they let the boys turn on the hose and spray it and practice putting out fires.

 Then out of nowhere a fully decked out firemen showed up and let the kids look over his gear and try it on.  Blake made a new friend.

 The helmet was pretty heavy!

Just look at all those gadgets! This would keep them busy for months!

My Running Shrine

 A good friend of mine showed me her Running Shrine one time when I was at her house and I instantly knew I needed one! For my birthday last year tyler gave me this piece of scrap wood to get me started.  Now just over a year later it is finished!!! I love it!

It holds all of my racing bibs and metals I've received from all the races I've run. It's pretty awesome having them out in the open now rather than stowed away in a box.

Summer Heat is in Full Swing

 It's REALLY hot here in Texas.  Thankfully the heat didn't really come on until now.  But I still wasn't ready for it.  We have taken a few trips to Granbury(40 min. drive) to go to the Granbury Lake.  It's been really fun for the kids.  They have a nice beach area with imported sand and a gradual slope into the water.

 Austin loves going way out and swimming around with his life jacket.

 I have to keep a close eye on Blake because he does like to walk out as far as he can until the water gets up to his chin and then he tries to turn around and come back. AGH!

 Austin loves turning into a crocodile or a shark and scaring the girls!  He's always got his claws out.

 Endless hours of fun.  If only the water were 10 degrees cooler!

 Canoe is lookin' good on that truck!

 Playing in the back under the canoe.

Tyler built this wall around our fire pit.  I think it looks so cute!! Kind of like the base of a wishing well! Way to go Tyler! And he used the bricks from another spot in our yard so it cost us nothing.